diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c25971116..a4a5c08d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: flake8 Lint
         uses: py-actions/flake8@v2
         with:
-          plugins: "flake8-bugbear"
+          plugins: "flake8-bugbear flake8-unused-arguments"
 
   help-check:
     # Tie runner to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, as it still supports Python 3.7
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ad39db18a..6c6a1df27 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ repos:
         - id: flake8
           additional_dependencies:
               - "flake8-bugbear"
+              - "flake8-unused-arguments"
 
     #- repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
     #  rev: v0.9.0.5